Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section
Staff Contact Information
The Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section Staff provide
surveillance and epidemiological follow-up of more than 80 reportable
communicable diseases and conditions. These staff work closely
with other state and federal agencies, physicians and clinics, local
health departments, community-based agencies, infection control
professionals, hospitals and other health care facilities, laboratories,
schools, and the general public in preventing and controlling the spread
of communicable diseases.
The staff may be
contacted through e-mail (as listed in table), by telephone at 608-267-7321
or 608-267-9003, or through facsimile at 608-266-2906.
Name, Title and Email Address
|
Primary Responsibility
|
Rick Heffernan, MPH
Chief, Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section
heffert@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Provides consultation and overall
coordination and supervision of section staff |
Susann Ahrabi-Fard, MS
Epidemiologist
ahrabs@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Invasive bacterial illness including Streptococcus A, B and pneumoniae.
Blood infections including meningitis, meningococcal disease.
Community-acquired MRSA clusters |
Barbara Anderson
Program Assistant
anderba@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Provides support for the staff and activities for pandemic influenza preparedness
and
assistance to Epidemiology staff |
John Archer, MS
Epidemiologist
archejr@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Foodborne illness and outbreaks including E. coli, Shigella,
Salmonella, Campylobacter, malaria, and blastomycosis |
Gwen Borlaug, MPH, CIC
Infection Control Epidemiologist
borlagm@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Infection control practices and guidelines, health care associated
outbreaks
|
Thomas Haupt, MS
Epidemiologist
hauptte@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Influenza, SARS, Legionnaire’s Disease, and histoplasmosis |
|
Diep (Zip) Hoang-Johnson
Epidemiologist
hoangdk@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Arbovirus surveillance including West Nile virus, La Crosse
encephalitis, and St. Louis encephalitis
|
Rachel Klos, DVM, MPH
Epidemiologist
klosrf@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Waterborne illness and outbreaks including giardia, cryptosporidium,
listeria, norovirus and shiga toxin producing E. coli |
Jim Kazmierczak, DVM, MS
State Public Health Veterinarian
kazmijj@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Animal related diseases including rabies, brucellosis, and Lyme disease. Hepatitis A illness and
outbreaks
|
Program Assistant
|
Provides support for Epidemiology staff, maintains database and other
section records
|
Lorna Will, RN, MA
Bioterrorism Surveillance Epidemiologist
willlr@dhfs.state.wi.us |
Improved and enhanced surveillance and reporting for bioterrorism agents
and communicable diseases. Electronic reporting and syndromic
surveillance
|
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